Rivian Will Add Alternative Routes, Spoken Alerts and Arrival Charge Controls to R1 and R2 in Update 2026.41

Rivian plans to bring a set of navigation upgrades to its R1 and R2 vehicles in the next over-the-air software update, 2026.41.

Owners will be able to pick other routes, hear Waze and Google Maps alerts out loud, see more road warnings and traffic-sign icons, and choose how much charge they want left at a stop or at their destination, though Rivian has not said when the software will start to roll out.

Navigation upgrades are coming to the R1 and R2

In a post on X, Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid said version 2026.41 would let drivers choose a different path from the one the car is currently suggesting, hear Waze and Google Maps alerts spoken aloud, get extra warnings about incidents, blocked lanes and objects in the road, see traffic signs and stop signs drawn on the map, and set a target remaining charge for charging stops and for the end of the trip.

“Big Navigation upgrades coming to Rivian R1 and R2 with the 2026.41 OTA,” Bensaid wrote, according to his post on X.

He did not give a date for when the update will start reaching vehicles, and he did not say whether first-generation R1s will get every item on that list. No official 2026.41 release notes were up at the time of his message.

The message presents the work as a navigation upgrade for both the R1 lineup and the R2, delivered over the air. It does not describe a change to driver-assistance features, and it does not say whether any of the tools will be limited to a paid software package.

Drivers will get more control over arrival charge

The clip that accompanies his post walks through a preferences screen where the remaining charge can be set separately for the end of the trip and for charging stops. It also shows a second path marked as quicker, a warning about a closed lane, and stop-sign and traffic-light symbols on the map.

In a follow-up, Bensaid said the same update will show a negative state of charge at arrival, a reading that appears when a planned drive would use more energy than the vehicle is projected to have left. He offered that note in a follow-up addressed to @itskyleconner, without adding a rollout timetable.

Taken together, the two posts describe more choice over how a trip is planned and more information on the map, rather than a new driving mode. Rivian has not published a separate feature matrix outside the video and the two messages.

Rivian has not set a rollout date

Bensaid described the upgrades as “coming,” not as software that has already begun to reach the fleet. Until Rivian issues release notes or the update appears in vehicles, the company has not confirmed when owners will see the new navigation tools.

The announcement covers both the R1 lineup and the R2. It is a navigation update, not a change to Rivian’s Point to Point assisted-driving program, which ev.com has already covered separately.

Owners who want the new tools will have to wait for Rivian to start the over-the-air rollout. The company has not said whether the release will go out in waves or arrive on all eligible vehicles at once.

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